All eyes on Indiana Jones at Cannes

10:04am Wednesday 14th May 2008

The glitz and glamour of this year's Cannes Film Festival are getting into full throttle.

All eyes will be on the world premiere of the Indiana Jones sequel during the two-week event.

Outside the competition, Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, with Harrison Ford back in the role for the first time in 19 years, is set to provide the most excitement at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.

Clint Eastwood's latest movie as director, Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie, and Steven Soderbergh's four-hour biopic of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara are among the films competing for the Palme d'Or.

Madonna will also arrive in Cannes during the festival, to attend a fundraising gala for amfAR, the Foundation for Aids Research.

The singer has made a documentary entitled, I Am Because We Are, about children orphaned by Aids in Malawi.

Woody Allen is also showing his latest film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, starring Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz, out of competition.

The Palme d'Or went to Romanian abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days last year and to Ken Loach title The Wind That Shakes The Barley in 2006.

Actor Sean Penn leads this year's jury, which also features actress Natalie Portman and former Harry Potter director Alfonso Cuaron.

British hopes are on Love You More, a film executive-produced by the late director and writer Anthony Minghella and made by artist Sam Taylor-Wood, which has been selected for the short film competition.

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